Cheese-cutter.



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CHEESE CUTTER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.`

ANDERSON MCINTOSH, OF WALLACE, CANADA.

vCHEESE-CUTTER.

SBESI IGATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 693,424, dated February I8, 19,02.

Application filed q.Tune 15,1901. Y Serialo. 64,636.' (No model-'J i d l To all whom, t may con/cern: l

Be it known that I, ANDERSON MclNTosH, avsubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Wallace, county of Cumberland, `Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Cutters and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled .in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y y

My invention relates to improvements in cheese-cutters; and the object in view is to.

provide a simple-construction for radially cutting slices from a roundl cheese of any ordi-A nary thickness and to easily sever` the hard skin or crust of thecheese on all the sides thereof.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter-fully described and claimed. y

In the drawings hereto annexed, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 isa side. elevation of a cheese-cutter embodying my invention. Fig. 2Vis a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section inthe plane ofthe dotted line 3 3 on Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the lower and Aupper cutter-bars and the cutter-wire. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the posts. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective View of the cuttertraveler. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the locking device for the cutter-wire holder.

The same numerals ofreference denote like 4parts in each of the several figures of the drawbar 9 carries the binding-screws 11, which are arranged to impinge against the posts for the purpose of supporting said bar 9 at different elevations and in parallel relation to the base is to be cut. l

The base 5 is provided with a radial groove or channel 12, which extends from the middle of the base toward an edge thereof' and so that its outer end will terminate in the plane ofthe slot 8 of the post 7. (See Figs. 3 and.) In this groove or channel is slidably fitted 'the lower cutter-bar 13,.which passes through the lower portion of the slottedpost 7, and which cutter-bar is provided at its outer end with anl upstanding arm 14.-. The cutter- `baris provided near its rinner-portion with the vertical aperture 15, and said bar is also provided with one or moreknives 16. Where two of the knives are employed, as vshown by Figs. 3 and 4, they are attached to the cutter- 5, whereby the bar 9 may be raised or lowered, according to the height of the cheese which.

bar 13 on opposite sidesof the aperture 15 therein. l y i The supporting-bar 9 is provided in its lower edge or face witha longitudinal groove vor channel 17, the same extending from the middle of the bar toward andthrough one end of thesame, as shown by Fig. 3. `This lgroove or channel accommodates the uppercutter-bar 18,which is slidably fitted to the supporting-bar 9 and which has its outer end eX- tended beyond said bar 9 and provided with an eye 19.

This eye is loosely fitted on the 'Y upstanding arm 14 of the lower cutter-bar,

whereby the two bars 13 18 are disposed par allel one with the other, and they are adjustahlyconnected together by the eye 19, fitting slidably on the arm 14. Said upper cutterbar hasan opening 20 near its inner end and a smalle'r'opening 21 near its eye 19. Furthermore, the inner portion of said cutterbar 18 is formed with the short knives 22,

preferably located on opposite sides of the opening 20, although a single knife maybe used.

23 designates the cutter-wire, which is attached at one end to the lower cutter-bar 13 near the arm 111 thereof, asindicated at 24 in Figs. 3 and 4. From thence the wire is led along the lunder side of the cutter-bar 13 until ICO` it reaches the aperture 15, through which the wire is passed. From thence the wire passes through the aperture 20 of the upper cutterbar 18, thence along ithe upper side ofI the cutter-bar 18, and is then carried through the aperture 21, so that it may be connected to the elliptical take-up spool 25. The shaft or arbor 2G of the elliptical spool is fitted in the depending bracket 27, which is made fast with the upper cutter-bar 1S near the eye 19 thereof, and said arbor or shaft 26 is provided with a head 2S, by which the spool may easily be turned. One end of the cutter-wire 23 is coiled one or more times around this spool 25 and is secured to said spool in any approved way, and when the spool is turned or rotated the wire is adapted to be wound thereon, wherebythe operative length of the wire between the cutter-bars 13 18 may be varied according to the height of the cheese and the adjustment of the supporting-bar 9. The rotation of the spool 25 also takes up the slack in the cutter-bar, so as to maintain the latter in a taut condition, and said spool is adapted to be held in its adjusted position by means of a locking device 29. This locking device is arranged within the bracket 27 for one arm thereof to engage with the spool or with the wire which is to be coiled thereon, and said locking device is provided with a pintle 30, the same being fitted loosely in one member of the bracket 27, so as to have a squared end 3l exposed for the attachment of a crank 32, (see Fig. 7,) whereby the locking device may be easily turned into and out of position.

33 designates a traveler which is provided with a flange 34:, said traveler arranged to fit snugly in the slot 8 of the post 7, while the liange 34E of the traveler is adapted to ride against the outside of the post. This traveler carries a knife or cutter 35, and it is held from displacement in the slotted post 7 by the guide-pin 3G. The lower part ot the traveler is formed with a slot 37, which is adapted to receive the lower cutter-bar 13 when the traveler is at the bottom of the post 7, as shown by Fig. 3.

The knives 16 22 on the cutter-bars 13 18 are adapted to sever or cut the hard crust on the top and bottom of the cheese, while the operative length of the cutter-wire 23 between the two bars 13 18 serves to cut through the cheese simultaneously with the operation of the small knives on the crust thereof. The traveler 33 may be raised to a proper height for the blade 35 to engage with the top edge of the cheese, and said traveler mayT be forcibly depressed with a view to making the knife 35 cut through the hard crust on the sides of the cheese.

The operation is as follows: The knives and cutters are held projected from the frame while the cheese is inserted therein. The traveler 33 is moved from the top to the bottom of the frame, so as to cut the rind at the proper line, and then the cutter-wire is adjusted opposite to the place where the rind has been cut by the knife 3l on the traveler. The upper and lower cutter-bars, having the cutting-wire attached thereto, are now forced inwardly,so that the operative length of the cutter-wire wllcut through the cheese,begin ning from the outside thereof toward the center. During this radial movement of the cutter-bars and the cutter-wire said cutter-bars are guided by the base 5 and the supportingbar 9, and the cutters 16 and 22 on the bottom and upper cutter-bars serve to cut the crust on the bottom and top of the cheese, respectively. The bar 9 may be raised or lowered according to the height of the cheese, and this adjustment of the bar 9 requires the Wire 23 to be drawn in or paid out in order to vary the operative length of the cutter-wire.

Changes within the scope of the appended claims may be made in the form and proportion of some of the parts while their essential features are retained and the spirit of the invention is embodied. Hence I do not desire to be limited to the precise form of all the parts as shown, reserving the right to vary.

therefrom.

l claim- 1. Acheese-cuttercomprisngabase,anupper supporting-bar, a vertical guide between the base and said supporting-bar, a traveler conlined in said vertical guide and having a knife arranged to cut a cheese at the rind thereof, a cutter-wire, and means for moving the cutter-wire in a path at right angles to the operation of the traveler and the knife, as set forth.

2. A cheese-cutter comprising abase, a supporting-bar, upper and lower cutter-bars, a cutter-wire stretched between the cutter-bars, and cutting-knives carried by said cutterbars, substantially as described.

3. A cheese-cutter comprising abase, a cutter-bar slidably fitted to the base and provided with an oil'standing arm, another cutter-bar connected adjustably to the arm of the first-mentioned bar,a cutter-wire attached to and stretched between the cutter-bars, and a rind-cutter guided to travel in a path at right angles to the cutter-wire, substantially as described.

4:. Acheese-cuttercomprisinga base, an adj ustable su pportin g-bar, a cutter-wire having an ostanding arm, another cutter-bar slidably fitted to said arm and operatively connected thereby to the first-named cutter-bar and adapted to travel therewith, acutter-wire attached between the cutter-bars and connected to one ofv them, and means mounted on the other cutter-bar and having the cutter- Wire connected thereto for varying the operative length of the same.

5. A cheese-cutter comprising a base, the posts, one of which is provided with a s lot, a traveler tted in said slotted post and provided with a crust-cutting knife, a cutterwire, and means for moving the cutter-wire in a radial path on the base, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANDERSON MCINTOSII.

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IRA WAUGH, R. B. CANFIELD.

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